Unemployment in Santa Cruz County down to 8.7 percent in October

SANTA CRUZ - Unemployment in Santa Cruz County inched downward from 8.8 percent in September to 8.7 percent in October, as the number of residents with jobs jumped from 140,000 to 144,400, the highest for October since 2001.

Part of that growth came from a net gain of 3,900 jobs in the county with the rest from people commuting outside the county.